Jurisdiction of the Single Judges of the Disciplinary Committee
1. The chairperson can rule alone as a single judge and may delegate their functions to another member of the Disciplinary Committee. In particular, the chairperson or their nominee acting as a single judge may take decisions with respect to any matters provided for in this Code, including but not limited to:
a) urgent or protest cases;
b) whether disciplinary proceedings should be initiated, suspended or terminated;
c) suspending a person for up to five matches or for up to three months;
d) pronouncing a fine of up to CHF 100,000;
e) extending a sanction;
f) settling disputes arising from objections to members of the Disciplinary Committee;
g) issuing, altering and annulling provisional measures;
h) cases involving matters under articles 21, 23.2, 23.3 or 23.4 of this Code;
i) cases involving order and security at matches; and/or j) unplayed or abandoned matches.
2. The secretariat, under the guidance of the chairperson or the deputy chairperson, is responsible for assigning the relevant cases to single judges. The proceedings before a single judge shall be conducted in accordance with this Code. A panel shall decide on matters involving discrimination, match-fixing or anti-doping rule violations where the sanction is not listed in paragraph 1.